Valdez

I. Facts

Valdez and Joseph Lizarraga (Lizarraga), a neighbor, had an ongoing feud. On the afternoon of January 19, 2018, Valdez

Where appropriate, Costco and Terrones are referred to collectively as defendants rather than individually by name. 2Undesignated statutory references are to the Health and Safety Code. 3At the hearing on Costco’s summary judgment motion, Valdez’s counsel declined to address the points raised in the motion, instead requesting the trial court to reconsider its prior summary judgment in favor of Terrones. The court declined to do so. Valdez has therefore forfeited any challenges he could have made to Costco’s summary judgment that are not issues in this appeal from Terrones’s summary judgment. (See Meridian Financial Services, Inc. v. Phan (2021) 67 Cal.App.5th 657, 698– 704; NBCUniversal Media, LLC v. Superior Court (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1222, 1236–1237.)

2 was in his car at a Costco gas station. Lizarraga approached on foot, opened the car door, and began punching Valdez. Terrones was on duty that day in his Costco uniform. Other drivers alerted him to the fight. Terrones yelled at the combatants to stop; they ignored him. Terrones radioed his…